Yong
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Yong was the personal name of King Wuling of Zhao, a reformist ruler of the Warring States period in ancient China known for adopting nomadic military tactics and attire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yong canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8234736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yong Context triple: [King Wuling of Zhao, givenName, Yong]
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A.
Yong
Yong is a variant transliteration of the Chinese surname and given name commonly romanized as Yang.
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B.
Yunghui
Yunghui was the final era name of the Korean Empire, marking its last years before annexation by Japan in the early 20th century.
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C.
Youn
Youn is a Korean family name most prominently associated with acclaimed actress Youn Yuh-jung.
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D.
Yung
Yung is a common variant spelling of the surname and given name "Young," used in various cultures and contexts.
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E.
Yoo
Yoo is a Korean surname shared by numerous individuals, including notable figures in politics, diplomacy, entertainment, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yong Target entity description: Yong was the personal name of King Wuling of Zhao, a reformist ruler of the Warring States period in ancient China known for adopting nomadic military tactics and attire.
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A.
Yong
Yong is a variant transliteration of the Chinese surname and given name commonly romanized as Yang.
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B.
Yunghui
Yunghui was the final era name of the Korean Empire, marking its last years before annexation by Japan in the early 20th century.
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C.
Youn
Youn is a Korean family name most prominently associated with acclaimed actress Youn Yuh-jung.
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D.
Yung
Yung is a common variant spelling of the surname and given name "Young," used in various cultures and contexts.
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E.
Yoo
Yoo is a Korean surname shared by numerous individuals, including notable figures in politics, diplomacy, entertainment, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese ruler
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| adoptedFrom | northern nomadic peoples ⓘ |
| country | Ancient China ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | challenged traditional Zhou aristocratic dress and customs ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhao ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | strengthened Zhao into a major Warring States power ⓘ |
| house | House of Zhao ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy | Hu clothing and shooting from horseback ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adopting nomadic attire
ⓘ
adopting nomadic military tactics ⓘ military reforms ⓘ reforming the State of Zhao ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| militaryInnovation | cavalry-based warfare ⓘ |
| personalName | Yong ⓘ |
| personalNameOf | King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ |
| politicalEntityTypeRuled | feudal state ⓘ |
| predecessorStateContext | Spring and Autumn period legacy states ⓘ |
| region |
Northern China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China
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| role |
military reformer
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ |
| royalTitle | King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ |
| sourceTradition | Chinese historiography ⓘ |
| stateRuled |
State of Zhao
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
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| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | King of Zhao ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yong Description of subject: Yong was the personal name of King Wuling of Zhao, a reformist ruler of the Warring States period in ancient China known for adopting nomadic military tactics and attire.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.